Restraint

Any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached to or adjacent to a client’s or patient’s body that the individual cannot remove easily and that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one’s body. Chemical restraints are any drug used for discipline or convenience and not required to treat medical symptoms.

Restraints

One of the perils covered by a plain for of Marine policy is “arrest, restraints and detainments of all Kings, princess, and people.” The term refers to political and executive acts, and does not include a loss caused by riot or by ordinary judicial process. An embargo is a restraint, but the anticipation of an embargo is not “People” means the governing power, not the mob.

Restrictive covenant

Condition in a property-related deed that limits the use or development of land/buildings by subsequent purchasers. The encumberance affects the marketability of the title and creates a risk, insurable under a restrictive covenant indemnity, for anyone who infringes it.